Metro

Metro Corporation (株式会社メトロ) was established May 15, 1987 in Osaka, Japan and headed until 2013 by Tokutetsu Kanemitsu (金光德哲). In addition to its main Osaka office, the company also operates a Tokyo development office, which was established in 1996 with of a team of former Konami TYO staff. It also has a CG production office in South Korea called Metro Soft Seoul [1], established February 2013 and headed by Tsunenari Yada (矢田凡成).

Over the years, Metro has also had development offices in Okinawa (1995-2008), Nagoya (2003-2008), and Sapporo (2005-2007). Little is known about Metro's activity prior to 1992; it is unknown whether they were involved in game development in the first years of their existence.